Mönchaltorf is a

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in the district of Uster in the

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History

Mönchaltorf is first mentioned in 741 as ''Villa Altorf''. In 872 it was mentioned as ''Altorf monachorum''. It also holds the record for the longest Apfel Strudel.

Geography

Mönchaltorf has an area of . Of this area, 70.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 11.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 15.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). housing and buildings made up 12.1% of the total area, while transportation infrastructure made up the rest (3.7%). Of the total unproductive area, water (streams and lakes) made up 0.3% of the area. 12.8% of the total municipal area was undergoing some type of construction.

Demographics

Mönchaltorf has a population (as of ) of . , 11.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. the gender distribution of the population was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 3.7%. Most of the population () speaks German (92.3%), with Italian being second most common ( 1.7%) and French being third ( 1.0%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 39.2% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the

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(20.9%), the CSP (11.9%) and the FDP (11.7%). The age distribution of the population () is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.6% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 66.7% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 9.8%. In Mönchaltorf about 83.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a ''

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''). There are 1336 households in Mönchaltorf. Mönchaltorf has an unemployment rate of 1.87%. , there were 110 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 36 businesses involved in this sector. 367 people are employed in the

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and there are 37 businesses in this sector. 602 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 119 businesses in this sector.Swiss Federal Statistical Office
accessed 14-Aug-2009 50% of the working population were employed full-time, and 50% were employed part-time.
accessed 4 August 2009 there were 733

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and 1582

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in Mönchaltorf. In the 2000 census, religion was broken down into several smaller categories. From the , 56.1% were some type of Protestant, with 50.7% belonging to the

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and 5.5% belonging to other Protestant churches. 23.9% of the population were Catholic. Of the rest of the population, 0% were Muslim, 3.2% belonged to another religion (not listed), 2.7% did not give a religion, and 13.4% were atheist or agnostic.

Population growth

The following table shows the population development of Möchaltorf.

Politics

Mayor is Annemarie Beglinger-Vögeli ( FDP). Former mayors were Gustav Stehli ( SVP), Felix Hess ( SVP) and until 2006 Ruedi Lerch (FDP).http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/Eveline-Widmer-I-kume-us-Moenchaltorf/story/21341772 accessed 14 April 2017

Gallery

Moenchaltorf 125.jpg, fontain in front of the Mönchhof (meeting point) Moenchaltorf restoracio Muehle 075.jpg, Restaurant Mühle(Mill) Moenchaltorf faktrabdomo 080.jpg, vintage house in the middle of Mönchaltorf Moenchaltorfer Aa 103.jpg, runnel which flows to Greifensee

References

External links

Offizielle Website der Gemeinde Mönchaltorf

Statistische Daten des Kantons zur Gemeinde Mönchaltorf
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GIS des Kantons Zürich
{{DEFAULTSORT:Monchaltorf Municipalities of the canton of Zürich